The latest healthcare stories from the Impact desk.
Bengaluru: Dr. Devi Shetty has emerged as one of the most influential figures in India’s healthcare sector, redefining accessibility by building one of the world’s most affordable and scalable cardiac care models through Narayana Health.
New Delhi: In India’s vast rural landscape, where access to quality healthcare has long been a challenge, artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as a powerful tool to bridge the gap between patients and medical expertise. With limited availability of doctors, inadequate infrastructure, and long travel distances, millions of people in remote areas have historically struggled to receive timely diagnosis and treatment. Today, technology is beginning to change that narrative.
Coal India has unveiled new CSR healthcare initiatives, including a bone-marrow-transplant programme and the Thalassemia Bal Seva Yojana, extending its decade-long commitment to child healthcare across mining communities.
Manipal Health Enterprises has signed a Business Transfer Agreement to acquire Kinder Women's Hospital in Bengaluru, expanding its footprint in maternal and women's healthcare.
Omnichannel diagnostics provider Redcliffe Labs has acquired Pune-based Megavision Diagnostics Centre for approximately Rs 40 crore, bringing MRI, CT and other imaging services into its network as part of a broader push toward integrated, more accessible diagnostic care across western India.
Karnataka's food safety authorities have suspended the food licences of Amazon, Swiggy Instamart and BigBasket, citing compliance lapses that raise fresh questions about regulatory oversight in India's fast-scaling quick-commerce sector.
Bournvita maker Mondelez India, Amway and several other packaged food companies have dropped or modified health and nutrition claims on their products following action by India's food safety regulator, FSSAI.
Healthleap, founded by siblings Josiah and Jemima Meyer, has raised $38 million across seed and Series A rounds backed by Sequoia, First Round and Hummingbird for AI that screens every hospital inpatient for conditions such as malnutrition and delirium.
Dehradun medtech Sunfox Technologies has raised $7 million (about ₹67 crore) in a Series A from Ashish Kacholia, Lashit Sanghvi, Alchemy Capital and 3one4 Capital to scale its smartphone-linked Spandan ECG across India and abroad.